Description

All six episodes from the first season of the BBC2 comedy set in The Grapes, an old-fashioned Manchester pub where the daily life of the locals – among them jack-the-lads Joe and Duffy, beer-bellied landlord Ken and his police officer cronies Phil and Nige, miserable old git Tommy and single mum Janice – revolves around love, loneliness and blocked urinals. The regulars rib each other and discuss the minutiae of everyday life, each bringing their own faults and foibles with them to the bar. The series is co-written by Craig Cash, who also penned ‘The Royle Family’ with Caroline Aherne. Synopsis A gentle yet compelling story of life, love, loneliness and blocked urinals. Each evening, the regulars bring their particular foibles and characterstics up to the bar. Overhearing their conversations and reliving the events in each of their lives is both moving and amusing.